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Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company H, 2d Mew York Militia
Regiment.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service
at: New York. Birth: New Hudson, N.Y. Date of issue: 20 July 1897. Citation:
Having advanced with his regiment and captured the enemy's line, saw 4
of the enemy retiring toward their second line of works. He advanced upon
them alone, compelled their surrender and regained his regiment with the
4 prisoners.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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